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Emami Cement to build cement plant in West Bengal
23 July 2015India: Emami Cement plans to build a 1.5 – Mt/yr capacity cement plant in Panagarh, Bardhaman, West Bengal, according to the Palestine News Agency. The plan also includes a 10MW captive coal-fired power plant. Land has been allotted by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC). The estimated cost of the project is US$65.7m.
Bolu Cimento completes Ankara plant upgrade
22 July 2015Turkey: Bolu Cimento Sanayii AS has completed the conversion of its Ankara grinding facility to a fully-integrated cement plant, according to Reuters. The plant will start operations in July 2015.
New Zealand: The third-largest lime producer in the world, US-based Graymont, has bought the Makareao lime plant in Otago from Holcim and took over the facility on 1 July 2015. Graymont, which has extensive interests in Canada, the US and Mexico, has also bought the McDonald's lime plant at Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand.
Graymont Makareao's operations manager Craig Porter said that the lime plants' output had grown over the last two or three years and that he was excited about the new ownership. Staffing at the plant will not be affected.
Holcim's Weston cement plant project was put on hold in 2013 after it decided to import cement into New Zealand and build two new terminals, including one at Timaru, about four months from the completion of the plant. Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher said that Holcim still owns the Weston site, associated quarries for limestone, coal and sand and consent for the cement plant that could be established there.
US: Construction materials company Summit Materials has completed its previously announced acquisition of a 1.2Mt/yr capacity cement plant in Davenport, Iowa along with seven cement distribution terminals from Lafarge North America for US$450m in cash, plus an exchange of Summit's Bettendorf, Iowa cement distribution terminal.
The newly acquired cement operations will compliment Summit's existing cement plant in Hannibal, Missouri and cement distribution terminal in St Louis, Missouri. The combined business will operate as Continental Cement, an existing wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit.
Following completion of the transaction, Summit owns 2.4Mt/yr of cement production capacity across the two cement plants plus eight cement distribution terminals along the Mississippi River system ranging from Minneapolis, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana.
New cement plant for Eurocement in Sengiley
15 July 2015Russia: Eurocement Group has launched a 1.3Mt/yr dry-process cement plant in the Ulyanovsk Region's town of Sengiley. The plant will produce cement using a dry process at an investment cost of US$282m. Local press stated that the plant will create about 500 direct jobs and 1000 further indirect jobs.
Cemex plans to invest US$6m to boost production
14 July 2015Dominican Republic: According to Esmerk Latin American News, Cemex Dominicana plans to invest US$5.96m to expand the packaging and palletising capacity at its plant in San Pedro de Macoris. The investment includes a new cement packaging line that will increase its capacity by an additional 1.5m bags per month, reaching a capacity of 2.4Mt/yr. Cemex also intends to expand its cement milling capacity over the next few months and build a new facility for cement loading.
Burnpur Cement inaugurates new plant in Jharkhand
14 July 2015India: According to Accord Fintech, Burnpur Cement's new plant at Patratu Industrial Area, Patratu, Jharkhand was inaugurated by chief minister of Jharkhand, Shri Raghuvar Das, on 13 July 2015.
FLSmidth to supply cement plant to DG Khan Cement
13 July 2015Pakistan: FLSmidth has signed a Euro57m contract with DG Khan Cement to supply engineering and equipment for a 8500t/day greenfield cement plant in Pakistan.
"Pakistan is a very important market for FLSmidth and we are extremely pleased that DG Khan has again chosen FLSmidth as its supplier. This underlines its valuable long-term ties with DG Khan Cement, as well as our strong foothold in Pakistan, where we expect to see more activity following new government development programmes," said president of the cement division, Per Mejnert Kristensen.
The first contract between DG Khan and FLSmidth dates back to 1992. Since then the partnership has resulted in three additional orders to FLSmidth in 1998, 2005 and 2007. The new order will be booked by the cement division and will contribute beneficially to FLSmidth's earnings until 2017.
Russia: According to SKRIN Newswire, the president of Eurocement Mikhail Skorokhod has announced introduced the new general director of the Kavkazcement plant as Georgy Kuznetsov.
"Kuznetsov's has more than 30 years of experience," said Skorokhod. "He has held executive positions in the administration of the Ministry of Taxes and Assessments of the Russian Federation and in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. He has worked for Eurocement since March 2014 as the deputy head of the department of economic security."
Kuznetsov thanked Eurocement management for their vested confidence. "Kavkazcement has a very united and highly professional team, which is able to fulfil any task," said Kuznetsov. "I promise to use all my experience and skills to maximum effect to achieve all targets set for the plant and to justify the confidence vested to me."
The 3Mt/yr Kavkazcement plant is currently being built to meet expected demand growth. "The market of the south is growing and Kavkazcement has very good prospects to increase the volume of products shipping and improve production figures," said Skorokhod. "The plant will become one of the most advanced enterprises in the region, meeting the highest world requirements by the quality of its equipment, production efficiency and environmental friendliness. Moreover, construction of a new modern highly efficient cement plant in the territory of the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic will promote active social and economical development of the region and provide the construction industry of the republic and adjacent regions with high-quality cement," said Skorokhod.
The contract for the plant construction was signed between Eurocement and China's Sinoma International Engineering Company on 9 November 2014 within the framework of the XXII APEC Summit held in Beijing. Sinoma International Engineering Company will supply a complete package of equipment and design, supervision of erection and personnel training for the new plant.
India: According to India Investment News, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel has inaugurated a new grinding plant at Sanghi Industries' plant in Abdasa, Kutch.
The new grinding plant will have a production capacity of 1.2Mt/yr that will enable the company to boost its cement production capacity to 4.1Mt/yr from 2.9Mt/yr. The plant will cost around US$19.7m. The chief minister also laid the foundation stone for a 15MW waste heat recovery (WHR) system that will recycle waste heat of the cement plant into power. Sanghi Industries will inject US$23.6m to develop the WHR project, which it intends to commission in the next two years.